Identification Characteristics:

Size:3-6 ft tall.

Location:

Population:Common

Historical & Traditional Food, Utility, & Medicinal Uses:

Food: Rosehips (berry-like closed blossoms) contain more vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, and iron than oranges. They can be eaten raw, dried for tea, or used in jellies & sauces, or soaked in water to make a drink. Because the rose hips remain on the plant throughout the winter, they can provide sustenance when little else is available.

Flowers can be eaten raw, used in candy, jelly, or used as tea.

Utility:Flowers can be used in perfume recipes. Stems used in basketry.

Traditional Medicine:A tea is made from the roots & used for colds.

A tea can be made from leaves & fruits for pain & colic (when babies excessively cry for seemingly no reason).